Heartfelt Christmas Wishes

Hello.

Christmas is finally here!  Hope you get to spend some time with you loved ones and enjoy yourselves this holiday season.  And not to get too stressed out...hee hee.

Here's a last Christmas card for the year.

I did a bit of Zentangle work creating the two ornaments hanging from a pine branch.  And this time I decided to add some colours to it instead of leaving it black and white. 

Here's a closer look at the featured image.

This cutie is called Christmas Heart Tilda from the A Lovely Christmas Collection 2015 from Magnolia Stamps.  This stamp is available from Magnolia-licious, HERE.

Challenges for this card:
All About Magnolia Challenge #9 - All About Christmas
Card Mania Challenge #75 - Christmas
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes Christmas
Passion for Promarkers Week 326 - Mega Christmas Challenge 2015 - Let's Celebrate
Scrapy Land Challenge #32 - Holidays (using dies from Spellbinders, Sizzix, Poppystamps)
A Snowflakes Promise Challenge 12 - Christmas/Winter themed
Time for Magnolia Challenge #113 - CAS or Fully Loaded (my card's fully loaded)
Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #51 - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #405 - Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft Challenge #20 - Anything Goes

That's all for now.  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Wishing you all the merriest of Christmas and a New Year filled with love, health and happiness.

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  Chatterbox Small Great Plaid; Recollections Green Damask; K+Company Julianne Specialty paper pad 

Dies:  Spellbinders Classic Ovals; Magnolia Doohickey Poinsettia; Sizzix Tim Holtz Holiday Greens; C.C. Designs Mistletoe; Poppystamps 977 Berry Sprig 

Punches:  EK Success Corner Rounder

Miscellaneous:  Sakura Pigma Micro 01 Black pen, Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; ribbon, pearls, hemp cord and jingle bells from my stash

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias, Shin-Han Touch markers; coloured pencils to help with the shading
- face and skin:  blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla--for the cheeks:  oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair and shoes:  burnt sienna, Touch 101, raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow
- red-brown shades:  burnt umber, burnt orange, mango peach
- green shades:  Touch 42, olive green, 617-T
- yellow shades:  raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup
- white shading:  warm grey 5-T, cool grey 4-T, cool grey 1-T

- dotted background:  grey green, 5507-T, tea green, 5527-T  

Happy Yule

Hello.

I've made a card to celebrate the winter solstice.  I know I'm a day early!  In my part of the world, winter solstice is on Dec. 21.  Looking forward for the days to get longer afterwards.  I like to work in my craft room under natural light and the days are just too darn short right now...sigh.

A closer look at this beautiful image I'm featuring.

This digital stamp is called Twilight Lily Fae, just one of the many gorgeous images designed by Sara Burrier that you can purchase from Crafts and Me.

I've used my coloured pencils to do the colouring this time.  I've a collection pencils from various brands--Faber-Castell Polychromos and Art Grip, Derwent Coloursoft and Artists, Prismacolor Premier and Verithin.  Oh I don't have complete collection from each...hee hee, just individual pencils.  As you can see I don't stick to one brand.  I use whatever colours are available and whatever works, although my preference is the Polychromos.

I've added cool-highlights glitter to the faerie's wings and gold glitter to the adornments in her hair.

Challenges for this card:
Crafts and Me December Challenge - Winter or Christmas
2 Crafty Girls Challenge #8 - Anything Goes
Glitter 'N' Sparkle Christmas Challenge #168 - Gliterry, Sparkly Christmas
Kleuren met Potloden December Challenge - Anything Goes
Live and Love Crafts Challenge #42 - Sparkle
Scrapy Land Challenge #32 -  Holidays (used dies from Spellbinders, Memory Box and Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Sweet Stampin' - Merry Christmas
Tuesday Throwdown TT274 - Anything Goes
Wonderful Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create Challenge #155 - Anything Goes

That's it for me for now.  Thanks for stopping by.  I very much appreciate your visit.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful weekend!

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  Making Memories Meg Argyle

Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Thirty-Six, Classic Ovals and Floral Flourishes; Memory Box 98312 Fancy Blossoms and 98316 Cherry Blossom; Elizabeth Craft Designs 730 Curvy Leaves 

Punches:  Punch Bunch Large Impatients; EK Success Leaf; Carla Crafts Small Cosmos; Fiskars 3-in-1 Celestial corner punch

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pads Walnut Stain, Dusty Concord and Milled Lavender;  Lace 'Leonore' from Live and Love Crafts; pearls from my stash

Colouring medium:  Coloured pencils--Faber-Castell Polychromos and Art Grip, Derwent Coloursoft and Artists, Prismacolor Premier and Verithin.  Sorry, but I don't take notes of the pencil colours I use when I'm colouring.

Warmest of Wishes

Hello.

I've made a frame card for my latest Christmas/winter card.

I started out by making this a white-on-white card, but I decided to place a blue backgroud to make all the white features pop out.  And then placed the coloured image against the white background to make itself pop out. I love doing white-on-white though because I find it easier when I don't have to worry about co-ordinating colours...hee hee.

I created the scene with lots of die-cuts.  I just luvvv die-cuts.  Can you tell I'm an addict?

I added glitter to the snow on the ground, the fur trim on her hood and the lantern windows--don't know if you can see the glitter.

A closer look at the image being featured.

This cutie is called Swiss Pixie Through The Night from C.C. Designs.  It's an oldie-but-goodie stamp.  I had stamped, coloured (with markers) and cut her out what-must-have-been a couple of years ago, but never got around to putting her on a card until now.

Challenges for this card:
Creative Corner Challenges - Winter
Country View Challenges #34 December - Create A Scene
Crafty Calendar December Challenge - Let It Snow
Creatalicious Challenge #82 - Something Old, Something New (old stamp, new dies)
Cut It Up Challenge #86 - Brrrrr! Winter!
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 403 - Add some glitter
Die Cut Divas December Challenge - Are You Warm and Cozy?
Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge #116 - Anything Goes with a twist Make It Sparkle
Jo's Scrap Shack FFC #118 - Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft Challenge #19 - Anything Goes

That's it for now.  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!  Are you almost ready for Christmas?  I still have lots to do...sigh.

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  EK Success (card inside)

Dies:  Dee's Distinctively IME-096 Panderosa Pine Sprig, IME-026 Small Snow Covered Stacker Tree, IME-027 Large Snow Covered Stacker Tree, IME-121 Tree Toppers and IME-128 Tree Base 2; Memory Box 98187 Woodland Branch, 98239 Country Landscape and 98705 Manor House; Spellbinder Petite Scalloped Circles and Classic Ovals; Our Daily Bread Designs Fence    

Punches:  Recollections small flower

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; Glitter Ritz Cool Highlights micro-fine glitter 

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias, Shin-Han Touch markers; coloured pencils to help with the shading
- face and skin:  blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla--for the cheeks:  oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair and boots:  umber, Touch BR99, cinnamon, tan
- blue shades:  midnight blue, 549-T, denim, pastel blue
- yellow shades:  raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup
- white shading:  warm grey 5-T, cool grey 4-T, cool grey 1-T

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - FFFC #154 'Happy Holidays'

Hello.  Happy Friday!

We're kicking off a new challenge at the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge.  The lovely Theresa is our hostess for this challenge and the theme is 'Happy Holidays.'  We're being sponsored by My Besties and Sweet Lilac Flowers.  To get complete details on the challenge, the prize being offered and how you can join in the fun, visit the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge blog.  Check out also the fabulous cards that my DT teammates have created to inspire you to play along with us.

Here's the card that I came up with.  I've used a Saturated Canary image.

As you can see, I've made this into a Christmas card although the original of this image I'm using is non-Christmas.
Here's a closer look of the featured image.

She is called Rose Red, designed by Krista Smith of Saturated Canary.   

Like I said before, this is not a Christmas stamp.  Part of the image was masked.  The original image includes a tree that has a bird nest on one of it's branches and a baby bird and eggs sitting in the nest, so it's more like a spring stamp.

She's also comes in rubberstamp form and is available from Magnolia-licious HERE. 

Challenges for this card:
Card Mania Challenge CMC #75 - Christmas
Come and Get It Challenges - Merry Christmas
Crafting By Design - Here Come the Holidays
Crafty Girls Creations Challenge #10 - Anything Goes
Dies R Us Challenge #38 - Christmas (used dies from Spellbinders, Sizzix, Magnolia and Memory Box--listed below)
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge December - Anything Goes Christmas
Little Miss Muffet Challenge #126 - Anything Goes
Natalie and Amy's Challenge #39 - Christmas
Passion for Promarkers Week 326 - Mega Christmas Challenge 2015 - Let's Celebrate
Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge Week 49/50 - Traditional Christmas

That's all for now.  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Have a wonderful day and enjoy the coming weekend!

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  K+Company TC Christmas; Bo Bunny's 

Dies:  Spellbinders Classic Ovals, Labels Thirty-One and Heartfelt Creations Posy Patch; Sizzix Tim Holtz Holiday Greens; Magnolia Doohickey Ponsettia; Memory Box 98316 Cherry Blossom (flower centres) and 98936 Curled Ribbons  

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; ribbons and pearls from my stash

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias, Shin-Han Touch markers; coloured pencils to help with the shading
- face and skin:  blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla--for the cheeks:  oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair:  burnt sienna, Touch BR100, caramel, sandstone, black coloured pencil
- white shading:  warm grey 5-T, cool grey 4-T, cool grey 1-T
- red shades:  poppy, berry red, sunset, salmon pink
- green shades: forest green, 370-T, meadow green
- dotted background:  grey green, 5507-T, tea green, 5527-T

Walking In A Winter Wonderland

Hello.

I've got another Christmas card to show you.  This is a front-panel side-step card (template can be found HERE).

I used gesso to add the snow of the trees and also on the pine branch and the pinecones.  (Tutorial on how to make the paper pinecones HERE.)

Don't know if you can tell, but lots of glitter used here, on the trees and snowflakes--and all over my craft room...hee hee.

Here's a close-up of this oh-so-cute image I'm featuring, designed by Sylvia Zet of Wee Stamps.

This one is called Winter Friends.  I love Sylvia's images--they're ALL just too adorable.  You can see this and other images in her collection HERE.

Challenges for this card:
ABC Challenge - W is for Wishes
A Gem of A Challenge #158 - Inspired by a Christmas Song or Carol (Walking In A Winter Wonderland)
Artistic Inspirations Challenge #146 - Anything Goes/twist of Christmas
CCC Digi Creations Challenge #38 - Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #257 - Use diecuts or punches
Dies R Us Challenge #38 - Christmas (used dies from Dee's Distinctively, Memory Box, Spellbinders and Sizzix)
Graph'it Colour Challenge Week 47/48 - Christmas
Incy Wincy Designs - Winter Wonderland
Little Miss Muffet Chalenge #126 - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Sparkle and Shine

That's all for now.  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  Recollections Batiked My Interest Cinabar; Chatterbox Small Great Plaid

Dies:  Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circles; Dee's Distinctively Christmas Stacker Tree; Memory Box  98373 Whimsical Flourish and 98615 Rizza Snowflake; Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Circles (for pinecones) and Petite Ovals; Sizzix Tim Holtz Holiday Greens

Punches:  EK Success Snowflakes

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; Jewel Glitter Ritz microfine glitter; gesso and pearls from my stash

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias, Shin-Han Touch markers; coloured pencils to help with the shading
- face and skin:  blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla--for the cheeks:  oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair and shoes:  burnt sienna, Touch BR100, caramel, sandstone
- red shades:  burnt umber, firebrick, mango, pastel pink
- green shades:  Touch 42, pesto, olive green, 617-T
- yellow shades:  raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup
- penguin:  black, cool greys 3 to 5
- bunny:  khaki, pastel beige  
- white shading:  warm grey 5-T, cool grey 4-T, cool grey 1-T

- dotted background:  grey green, 5507-T, tea green, 5527-T